Ventura to rescue 817 as Tahiti sinks in South Pacific
The liner Ventura arrived at Pago Pago with 817 aboard including 149 Tahiti crew and 16 passengers saved from the British steamer Tahiti, which foundered after losing a propeller and flooding engines. Survivors reached the Ventura in heavy seas as the Tahiti sank, with many passengers proceeding to San Francisco.
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Tahiti
South Pacific
San Francisco
Wellington
Rarotonga
Cook Island
Ventura
Pacific
Calvary Baptists Call Meeting for Saturday Night
Calvary Baptist Church at 220 North Boyer Street will hold a business meeting Saturday night. L S Allen says the gathering will discuss calling a pastor, electing delegates to the association, and choosing officers for all church branches and the Sunday school.
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Calvary Baptist Church
North Boyer Street
L. S. Allen
4 H Club Girls in Sewing Meet Today
Jones county 4 H Club girls in Potter County met to complete sewing projects started weeks ago. A second meeting today involves the women's home demonstration club at St Francis expected to elect officers and report on a Potter County delegate to the A and M short course. A Ladies Day event in Chicago drew about 0,000 women to Wrigley Field causing many men to be unable to gain entry.
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Jones
Potter County
St. Francis
Chicago
Wrigley Field
Radford Grocery Plans Fair Damages on Underpass
Only one of seven claimants has replied to city notices on North Fillmore Street underpass damages. Radford Grocery Company, at 98 North Fillmore, may receive about $2,250 based on Am arillo appraisal, with total appraised damages at $21,845.84. others include Frazier Market, H Emery, Hardeman King, American Express, Swift & Co, and Morrison Supply, while railroad cost sharing remains unsettled. Work on East Third Street underpass progresses toward a September opening with a potential dedicatory ceremony.
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Bill Durham
North Fillmore Street
Radford Grocery Company
Abilene
E. N. Stanley
Amarillo Real Estate Board
City Commission
Frazier Market
North Fillmore
Pone
H. Emery
Pueblo
Colorado
Hardeman-King Company
American Express Company
Swift & Company
Morrison Supply Company
Forth Fillmore
Fillmore Street
Rock Island and
Fort Worth & Denver
Durham
East Third Street
Third Street
Minister Defends death by own action in Cases
In Oxford England Very Rev William Ralph Ince dean of St Pauls told Modern Churchmen conference that death by one s own action may be justifiable under certain conditions. He said a man knowing he is slowly dying of an agonizing disease who wishes to shorten his suffering should not be censured and that a condemned criminal ought to be allowed to carry out the sentence himself in his own way.
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United Press
Oxford
England
William Ralph Ince
St. Pauls
Blame crack in motor for ship descent
St Louis, Aug 19. A cracked crankcase was blamed for ending the endurance flight of Forrest O Brine and Dale Jackson who set a 647 hour record. Investigation found two tiny cracks on the motor shaft. The fliers and wives plan a short vacation before touring state fairs to capitalize on the flight. The oldest pitcher in the Western league this season is Naylor of the Pueblo club, age 38.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Forrest O’brine
Dale Jackson
Torrow
Naylor
Pueblo
Panhandle Aggies Plan Fall Round Friday
The Panhandle Aggie Club will hold its annual fall round on Friday September 5 with guest honors including T O Walton E E McQuillen and Bert Hull. A banquet at the Herring Hotel will be followed by a Hillcrest Country Club dance for past present and prospective Texas A and M students hosted by Amarillo alumni ladies. C M Henderson leads Panhandle Club with Frank Ford as vice president and Byron Gist as treasurer. Ford chairs the banquet committee with Ralph Knapp and R J Harrison. Jack Figh chairs the dance committee joined by Chester ate son Jess Smith and L L Roberta.
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API
Panhandle Aggie Gli
T. O. Walton
the Lege
E. E. McQuillen
College Tion
Students’ Association
Bert Hull
Houston
Tion
Herring Hotel
Hillcrest Country Club
Texas A. & M. College
Amarillo
C. M. Henderson
Panhandle Club
Frank Ford
Byron Gist
Ford
Ralph Knapp
R. J. Harrison
Jack Figh
Chester Ate Son
Jess Smith
L. L. Roberta
Funeral services held for Mrs Lenora Mathis
Mrs Lenora Mathis 39 wife of A H Mathis of this city died in a local hospital Sunday morning. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 4 from Tabernacle Baptist Church with Rev Jack Neville presiding and burial in Llano Cemetery under the direction of N S Griggs and Sons.
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Lenora Mathis
A. H. Mathis
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Jack Neville
Llano
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Veterans surprised by 1899 welcome sign mix up
Philadelphia Spanish War vets gathered for their annual encampment misread city hall electric signs that flashed welcome to the veterans of 1899. An electrician explained the error: there weren’t enough eights to go around.
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Philadelphia
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